Pop!

The peony buds look like they'll burst open any moment now. 
They are bang on time, too. (For those who don't speak German: their German name "Pfingstrose" means "Pentecost rose", so the're due this weekend.)

Moments in the garden were the highlights of my day. I'm busy with a fiddly and often annoying project, and I feel seriously sleep-deprived. 
Chaiyya has developed the habit of waking me up at half past four every morning, to demand attention and breakfast. She then gets cuddles, and I try to get back to sleep. Sometimes it works, more often it doesn't.